Favorite Free Motion Quilting Class from Craftsy, or another Source
06-02-2013, 04:41 PM
#11
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I took both of Angela Walter's classes and loved them - I do have a longarm but really didn't feel confident with it until I took her classes and read her book - I love her teaching style and would recommend her classes for everyone.
06-02-2013, 04:57 PM
#12
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Location: Iowa
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Originally Posted by wishfulthinking
I'd really like to see a class where the instructor actually quilts a bed size quilt on a regular domestic sewing machine. I think that would help me most.
I really like Wendy Butler Berns pictorial quilting class, but thought the art quilt class was a waste. I recently got the beyond log cabin art quilt class (can't recall the instructor) and it was terrible. I loved stupendous stitching and painted quilt class.
06-02-2013, 06:25 PM
#14
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Location: central WI
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I have taken quite a few of the classes. I enjoyed some more than others, Stupendous Stiching and CollAge art quilts were wonderful. Even a class I did not feel was the same general good quality, Pieced Hexies, I still came away with the feeling I saw a different way of working with them. I have recommended the Free Sewing 911 to beginning sewers for the troubleshooting section. I don't consider myself a modern quilter, but I found the classes Improvisational Piecing interesting. I have taken classes that are not in my comfort zone, but wanted to broaden my quilting knowledge even though I doubt I will make the project.
06-03-2013, 02:22 AM
#15
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Originally Posted by hopetoquilt
I am generally not a negative person but IMHO, the Wendy butler burns class was a complete waste of money. I hated it. I have not even finished it. I am generally not critical of another's FMQ skills but if I am paying to learn, I think the teachers FMQ skills should be much better. I also don't think very much planning went into her class. She is verbose unnecessarily fix.
one of the great things about Craftsy is that they will refund your $$ - no questions asked.
06-05-2013, 07:30 AM
#17
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Location: So Cal -->TN
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I took Beyond Basic Machine Quilting by Ann Peterson and really loved it. I learned so many new tips and tricks. She has a very nice demeanor and takes her time explaining things. She talks about thread, basting, where to start your stitching on a sandwiched quilt (which I had never seen before - she starts on the outside and works her way in) - in addition to quilting. She does a sampler - which I would never do - but it was well worth watching her technique. Prior to taking the class I was just a stippler - the class has encouraged me to try new designs, etc. and they haven't turned out half bad. Practice is the key. Anyway, awesome class! You won't be disappointed!
06-08-2013, 05:08 PM
#18
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So far I have not been too crazy about Wendy Butler Burns either - she likes to hear herself talk. Less talk, more instruction would be preferable but I took others that were great. Ann Peterson, Leah Day, and some others I can't recall the names right now.
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